Midsumma Festival 2020 wrapped up in a blaze of glory last Sunday 9 February with one of Australia’s biggest vocals, and a force to be reckoned with, Kira Puru. With the three- week festiv…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:54PMJerry Herman and Michael Stewart's musical will be presented by New York City Center Encores!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:48PMRising NSW-based producers Joshua Longhurst, Aaliyah-Jade Bradbury and Joanna Beveridge have been selected to undertake customised paid industry internships in 2020 through Screen NSW annual…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:43PM(Photo by Jackie Sasshaus)
Michaela Escarcega (Director) is an indigenous Mexican/Latinx director, actor, and divisor of all thing’s performance orient-ed. Michaela has established her eme…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 10:24PMStef Smith brings exhilarating spirit to a familiar classic
Ibsen's Nora slammed the door on her infantilising marriage in 1879 but the sound of it has continued to reverberate down the year…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 10:12PM★★ From Mint Theater, a strangely soporific pairing of plays based on stories by creative giants
The post Chekhov/Tolstoy Love Stories: From Russia with Languor appeared first on New Yo…
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★★ Chekhov's "An Artist's Story" and Tolstoy's "Michael," adapted by Miles Malleson
The post Chekhov/Tolstoy Love Stories: Russian Masters Sparsely Served appeared first on New York Stag…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:59PM★★ Audience participation with a perhaps misguided purpose, directed by Tamilla Woodard
The post Where We Stand: Donnetta Lavinia Grays’ Elusive Town Meeting appeared first on New York…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:57PMFor an evening of dry wit and sophisticated, subtle humor, make your way…Oh forget it. Just come to Constellation Theatre’s The 39 Steps for a couple hours of cheesy lines, old situation…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:45PMThe audience is invited to sing and dance along with the performers in an actual fandango, which is a lively, spontaneous, communal musical celebration. But that’s only after the 100 minut…
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Steps on Broadway, the internationally-recognized dance training center, celebrates its 40th anniversary with a look back at the numerous milestones that mark its distinguished legacy and a…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:37PMWatching Rorschach Theatre’s production of Toxic Avenger: The Musical, I wondered what it is about this show that makes it seem as indestructible as its mutant monster hero? Toxic Avenger:…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:06PMAs my toddler stuffed fistfuls of frosting in her mouth, I couldn’t help think of Zomo the Rabbit, the deliciously fun Theater for Young Audiences play that we saw earlier. Not just becaus…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:06PMAs Constellation Theatre Company wraps up its performance of The 39 Steps each night, one thing’s for certain: the lighting designer deserves his own curtain call. Managing Director A.J. G…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:06PMJustin Weaks is well-known to DC audiences these days. He’s worked over 20 productions since 2015, won a Helen Hayes James MacArthur Award in 2017 (Word Becomes Flesh), and, after finishin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:06PMDonnetta Lavinia Grays's solo show dances across the border between the magical and the mundane.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:03PMPleasant to watch and quite informative, but little seems at stake
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Review: Mother Must Die?!, Old Red Lion Theatre 1.0stars Coming in at less than an hour, there is really not very much to say about Mother Must Die. With such a short run time, performers an…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:54PMBetty Buckley and I have been circling each other for over a quarter-century, always saying how much we love each other’s work and how much we’d love to collaborate, but never knowing ex…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 07:47PMAmerican Blues Theater takes a page from the Edward Snowden story in its latest.
"You're a traitor to me." Everything about Roan @ the Gates, the magnificent sho…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:45PMThe New Group presents "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice," a new musical based on the 1969 Academy Award-nominated film by Paul Mazursky.
The post Groove is in the Heart: ‘Bob & C…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 07:42PMPASS THIS ROACH After a convoluted build-up, there’s a late scene in I Decided I’m Fine: A Roach Play that actually works. In it, Ellen (Veronica Tjioie), a trauma-stricken hoarder, expo…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:40PMBy . Ignite/Arts Dallas presents Arts, Culture & Community Investment - CultureBank Dallas livestreaming on the commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network on Tuesday 25 February …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 07:36PMTwo standout performances anchor Raven's production of the Ibsen classic.
In the Chicago premiere of this Henrik Ibsen adaptation, Raven Theatre and director Lau…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:30PMIt's Gershwin for the win in Drury Lane's production.
You don't have to know the classic 1951 movie musical to be disappointed by this 2015 stage version, but it…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:20PMAre you Broadway's biggest fan? Prove it! If you can convince us of your undying love for all things Broadway, we'll send you to the craziest and, let's face it, best awards show of the seas…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:18PMAudrey Cefaly's story of a photographer and an agoraphobe goes far beyond Madison County.
Audrey Cefaly's new play, receiving its world premiere at 16th Street T…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:10PMDaralyse Lyons grew up in a place with no flexibility for racial identity, but appreciating the duality of her own background opened the door for other kinds of radical acceptance in life an…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:07PMTheatre Above the Law produces an Elaine May deep cut.
The Boys in the Band at Windy City Playhouse isn't the only 1960s counterculture show in town. Theatre Abo…
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A Valentine’s Day bar guide based on relationship status
Valentine's Day can be a complicated time of year, especially if your relationship can't be defined in…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:45PMCasting is complete for the upcoming New York production of Blue, writer Charles Randolph-Wright and composer Nona Hendrix's musical play of class and race. Tony winning actress Phylicia …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMPorgy and Bess is headed back to the big screen. A new movie musical adaptation of the 1935 American folk opera is in the works from MGM, according to Deadline. Oscar nominee Dee Rees will a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMJonny Beauchamp plays a Broadway wannabe turned drag queen in the new TV show Katy Keene, The CW's Riverdale spin-off. The actor—who's yet to have a Broadway credit, but who has appear…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMZachary Levi, leading man of Broadway musicals and screen comedies, has signed on to headline the new musical comedy film Undercover, according to Deadline. Oscar winner Diablo Cody, book wr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMWhen actor Joe Ngo was growing up, his parents would tell him stories about their time as labor camp prisoners under the Khmer Rouge regime. One story stuck with him. It was about the time t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMStar Ben Crawford interviews members of The Phantom of the Opera family over ice cream.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMFor the first time, the Berlinale has separated the functions of artistic and executive director. “Many hope [the new management structure] will help reinvigorate the Berlinale, which is c…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PMFactors contributing to a “noticeable gap in critical coverage” include a crisis in mainstream arts criticism, a lack of diversity within mainstream theatre critics and a reluctance to b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PMRuins excite our imagination with the lesson that our greatest structures will one day return to the ground, while reminding us that in their fallen states these sites are endowed with beaut…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PMViktor Frankl argued that literature, art, religion and all the other cultural phenomena that place meaning at their core are things-unto-themselves, and furthermore are the very basis for h…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM“There are more and more people that are really, really good at their instruments, and the amount of competition has certainly gone up. It’s getting increasingly challenging to win a job…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM“There’s a rich history of thinking about how we learn across our lifespans in library settings and other community-based arts programs. But museums have only started to look at this are…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PMThe poet laureate tradition is long. Poet laureates were first recognized in Italy during the fourteenth century. Ben Jonson became England’s first poet laureate in 1616, although the firs…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PMA groundbreaking musician who had been one of only four women in the BSO in the mid-1960s, Ms. Schaefer was 95 when she died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on Jan. 31 in Sequim, Wa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PMColumbia Pictures previously confirmed movie musical remake of Cinderella is due to arrive in cinemas on February 5, 2021. The
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:00PMJason Alexander will host an intimate lunch at one of Australia’s most iconic restaurants, ARIA, to raise money for the
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:00PMThe action in Mart Crowley's landmark gay play surrounds the audience at Windy City Playhouse.
The Boys in the Band is a groundbreaking work in American theater …
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WordPress is great…until it isn’t. The good news is most of those shortcomings are pretty easy to work with if you know your options. Moreover, most of them tend to be holdovers from the…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 05:59PMFor most of her life, Michelle Nugent was still in the closet, and dated accordingly. But exploring romance in the queer community brought her new perspectives on finding love (or being happ…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:55PM"Honor incarnate" meets a dirtbag in Puccini's opera, with tragic results.
A Letter from Butterfly Dear Chicago Reader:…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:40PMSingle people can celebrate February 14, too!
When I tell people Valentine's Day is my favorite holiday, they expect me to be a hopeless romantic, or to say some…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:30PMSan Jose Stage delivers great performances in the Kander and Ebb/Bob Fosse classic "Chicago," but falls short of finding the show's emotional punch.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:27PMTheatre Communications Group has announced the publication of Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:23PMThe 2020 Broadway Teachers Workshop brings Theatre Teachers behind the scenes on Broadway, with a list of alumni including Lin Manuel Miranda, Stephen Sondheim, Harvey Fierstein, Susan Strom…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:14PMIt's time to hop on the Hogwarts Express because we're getting a look backstage at the West End's smash hit play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child! Check out this video to go behind the sce…
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Find your next Equity job with this selection of upcoming calls for Broadway and shows around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:50PMThe casting team behind musical Come from Away were among the winners of this year’s Casting Directors’ Guild Awards. Pippa Ailion and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:48PMHere's how to get tickets for "Spamilton, the parody of the phenomenally popular musical "Hamilton" opening at ACT's Strand Theater in San Francisco.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 04:45PMA journalist turns her breakup into art and politics with a breakup zine.
No matter how cynical and anti-consumer culture you may be, Valentine's Day is often a …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 04:45PMICE raids, harrowing border crossing journeys and transferring money home are depicted in the rousing and moving play "Fandango For Butterflies (and Coyotes)." It’s derived from undocument…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:39PMThe world premiere opened at the New Jersey Venue February 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:16PMThe oddball standup delivers deliciously terrible, wonderful jokes as he leads the charge for alternatives to the mainstream
When John-Luke Roberts scored an Edinburgh fringe success with th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PMDirected in bold strokes by GSP artistic director David Saint, “Midwives” will keep you on the edge of your seat.
SOURCE: www.njarts.net at 04:03PMOne of Nick Phillips’ biggest dreams was to book a show that brought him to his hometown. Magic Mike Live is that
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This week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth shares incredible stories from the Voices for the Voiceless concert, uncovers how Andrea Martin and Debra Monk became besties, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:48PMFebruary is a good time to say it: we’re smart and assertive. We’re complete in our own selves. We’re striving for what we want. Andrea Smith stays honest.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:48PMThe new family-friendly musical, directed by Lee Sunday Evans, began performances Off-Broadway February 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PMBookwriter Jonathan Marc Sherman has wisely kept the story in its period. However, his dialogue is almost word for word lifted from the screenplay which is rather old hat for those of us hav…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:34PMThe cast will also set down tracks for a recording of this Musical Tale of Verona and Brooklyn, currently running at A.R.T./New York Theatres.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:18PMPhylicia Rashad directs the upcoming production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:18PMThe benefit evening will be held in March at The Green Room 42.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:10PMFirst-time director Tracy Lynn Olivera oversees a talented collection of comic performers at the Silver Spring Black Box Theatre.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:03PMPIANO BAR LIVE! is lighting up screens worldwide from Brandy’s Piano Bar, Mondays at 7pm. The Piano Bar is that special place where we can gather, entertain, support and create as we conne…
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The paper's influential personified ratings icon, beloved by many readers, is facing fresh pushback from local theatre artists.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:55PMThe Tony Award winners and Ragtime co-stars will headline the March event.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMReview: Patricia Gets Ready (for a date with the man that used to hit her), VAULT Festival5.0starsMartha Watson Allpress’ show, Patricia Gets Ready (for a date with the man that used to hi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:42PMThe season will feature three world premieres and tributes to Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:37PMOn this episode of Happy Hour on the Fringe, hosts Raina Searles and Tenara Calem chat with two members of FringeArts’s production team, Evelyn Shuker and Georgia Schlessman. They go over …
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 02:32PMRonán Noone’s play, the story of an Irish immigrant in America, won the Best Playwright award at last year's Origin Theatre 1st.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PMThe creator of “A Soldier’s Play” has largely written for black theaters. But now he has the chance to remind the biggest audiences: African-Americans served, too.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMFilm Soundtrack, 1964 (Buena Vista/Walt Disney Records) Disney’s Mary Poppins has been beloved from the moment audiences first saw the film in 1964, permeating our culture and becoming a h…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:18PM“I wasn’t attempting to create a generationally defining work of theater that spoke for the entire queer experience. I think that if I had started with that intention, I never would have…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMWhen asked about cultural programming, the streaming services are tight-lipped. Both Netflix and Apple TV+ declined to say if they plan to produce more original content and whether visual ar…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMIt’s going to be a series of apps, in fact — and they’ll be free. The first one, now out, features the General Prologue, with text and audio in the original Middle English, a modern En…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMThe Broadway alum will star alongside Riverdale alum Cole Sprouse.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMChoreographer Jennifer Weber talks about creating the world of Disney's Zombies 2, what she looks for in casting, and her Broadway hopes for the West End musical &Juliet
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:08PMSally Cookson’s adaption of Patrick Ness’ novel launched at the Chichester Festival Theatre February 6.
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Porgy and Bess is headed back to the big screen. A new movie musical adaptation of the 1935 American folk opera is in the works from MGM, according to Deadline. Oscar nominee Dee Rees will a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMWilliamstown Theatre Festival celebrated its annual gala on February 10 at Tao Downtown, on the same day it announced its 2020 production season (which includes an Audra McDonald-led revival…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMThe Beale Street Sheiks were Frank Stokes (circa 1880s-1955) and Dan Sane (1896-1956). Much of their respective careers was spent playing apart, but it seemed sensible to put them in the sam…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:42PMThe musical, having already amassed an avid following, begins in New York February 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PMRoyal Court, LondonAlistair McDowall’s monologue – performed by a mesmerising Kate O’Flynn – channels female experience with warmth and humour
Alistair McDowall joined forces with th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMPrebble’s play A Very Expensive Poison won the prize, named after the Guardian’s former chief theatre critic, at the Critics’ Circle awards
A Very Expensive Poison, Lucy Prebble’s am…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMThe characters in George Street Playhouse’s gripping production of “Midwives,” adapted by for the stage for the first time from Chris Bohjalian’s best-selling novel, all come to ice-…
SOURCE: www.tapinto.net at 01:28PMRoundabout Underground presents a flawed but tuneful musical about a young Manhattan couple challenged by addiction.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:24PMSee who’s joining the Leslie Uggams and Lynn Whitfield-led revival, directed by Phylicia Rashad, this spring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:10PMCultural institutions are a kind of technology – a social technology. Just as physical technologies – agriculture, the wheel or computers – are tools for transforming matter, energy or…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:03PM“After beginning her artistic life as a painter, Ms. Pepper was known from the 1960s on as a sculptor of towering forms of iron, steel, earth and stone, often displayed outdoors. … [Yet …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:03PMAlpher & Litt, Cabaret & Songwriting Duo Proudly Present Cabaret at SummerKeys 2020 July 13-17 and 20-24, 2020 Register today! The SummerKeys Cabaret Workshops 2020 with instructors …
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 01:00PMOn the whole Time and Tide is a heart-warming story with bags of charm. With a great script full of laughs, well-rounded characters and brilliant acting, it’s certainly worth a watch.
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A Forsythe triple bill will kick off the lineup, which also includes four world premieres from the ongoing ChoreograpHER initiative.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMDavid Tenant returns to the West End, Critics' Circle Theatre Awards are announced and some great new pics from Leopoldstadt in today's round up.
The post London Theatre News Today: Tuesday …
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:55PMDavid Tennant, the stage-and-screen star most known for his turn on the BBC series Doctor Who, will return to the West End stage this fall in a new production of C.P. Taylor's Good. Olivier …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMRachel Chavkin is taking her talents to the big screen. The celebrated Broadway director, who took home a 2019 Tony Award for directing Hadestown, has booked her first major film project,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMAngelina Weld Grimké’s 1916 play, ‘Rachel,’ a family drama written to combat the spread of racist US propaganda in the early 20th century, is as relevant today as it was a century ago…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:54PMFind out how to get cheap seats to this hot new musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:48PMFootball and musicals rarely overlap, but it was eight years ago this month – in the coveted slot right after the 2012 Super Bowl – that Smash, the NBC series about developing a Broadway…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:44PMThe cast of the Mark Saltzman musical will also head into the recording studio February 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMBy Tania Fisher Jean Dobie Giebel’s Chasing the River is a wonderful example of why people love going to Off-Off-Broadway Theater. This beautifully crafted play is deserving of all its acc…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:35PMThe spring semester at UConn's Ballard Institute and Puppet Museum features provocative talks, family-friendly performances and two exhibitions, including one on puppets who've performed Sha…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:27PMThe first quarter hour of “Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice” depicts Bob and Carol at The Institute at Big Sur, a ‘new age-y’ retreat, where the thirty-something couple is converted…
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 12:22PMJeff Calhoun will direct the musical about the late summer-stock producer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:21PMMultifaceted Disney star Sabrina Carpenter is joining the Broadway production of Mean Girls. Best known for her recurring role on the teen comedy Girl Meets World, Carpenter will make her Br…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:20PMOpera is a fairly recent art form: the first work generally accounted as an opera dates from 1597 and is largely lost,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:19PMEuropean theatremakers based in London, Nastazja Somers, Lara Parmiani and Alexandru Istudor tell Nick Awde about the difficulties they face as migrants
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PMThe original work combines spoken word, music, and improv.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PMAmy Marcs’ solo show is reconstructed as a star-studded reading at The Triad NYC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PM“Six” will make 60 rush and digital lottery tickets available for each performance during its preview period. The initiative, called Sixty Tickets for Six, begins Feb. 13 and lasts unt…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:14PMCarpenter will take over the lead role of Cady Heron.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:06PMThe Phantom of the Opera meets The Red Shoes in Synetic Theater’s sexy and Goth take on Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel about ghosts, haute society, obsession and the symbiotic relationship b…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:03PMAs the UK leaves the EU it loses connections with European artists, but Nick Awde says one theatre in the North West
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PM
The eagerly anticipated musical SIX is making its way to Broadway this spring, with previews set to begin on Thursday, February 13 toward a March 12, 2020 opening. As performances are poised…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:59AMThis is a Patreon only release! Thank you for being Patreons. Saturday, 11/16 @ 10AM, Matt and James chat about the first five shows Matt has seen on his trip to NYC. Today’s reviews: 2/…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 11:59AMConnecticut Office of the Arts has announced the newest round of Connecticut Arts Endowment and Artist Fellowship Program funding for the 2020 fiscal year. A total of 198 people and organiza…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:54AMSabrina Carpenter, who starred in the television series “Girl Meets World,” will make her Broadway debut as Cady Heron in “Mean Girls.” Carpenter will join the production for a 14-we…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:49AMA video introduction to the new class of Mean Girls.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:49AMThe lineup will include comedies, a romantic musical, and a world premiere play.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:49AMNetflix has released the season two trailer for Altered Carbon, starring Anthony Mackie, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Lela Loren, Simone Missick, Chris Conner, Dina Shihabi and Torben Liebrecht.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMIn the corporate world, employees leaving a job are often asked to sit through an exit interview with HR about their time at the company. That concept doesn’t exist for Broadway performers…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMThe Tony-nominated hit Mean Girls is getting a fetch new star. Sabrina Carpenter, known for her work on-screen and in the music world, will join the hit show in the central role of Cady H…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMMake way! Ainsley Melham, a celebrated alum of of the Broadway, Australian and London productions of Disney's Aladdin, will reprise his turn in the title role in the main-stem production beg…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMJonny Beauchamp stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about The CW's Katy Keene and more with Caitlin Moynihan.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AM“Since 2012, scientists based in New York and experts at the Munch Museum in Oslo have been working on this canvas — which was stolen in 2004 and recovered two years later — to tell a …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AMYorgos Loukos, director of the Lyon Opera Ballet for 33 years, was sacked by unanimous vote of the company’s board of directors. The reason was discrimination: in 2014, he had fired then-3…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AMBack in 2005, as they were nearing retirement from Pennsylvania Ballet, Christine Cox and Matthew Neenan decided to put together a little group to dance at the Philly Fringe. They hoped that…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AMStarting this month, London’s Battersea Arts Centre is making all its events “relaxed performances” — at which audience members may enter, leave, move around, and sometimes make nois…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AMOver-tourism is damaging popular cities and cultural attractions. Instagram is sending mobs to previously bucolic places. Then there’s the carbon cost of all that air travel, which is kill…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AMThe Doctor starring Juliet Stevenson had a sell-out run at the Almeida Theatre and was very well received. The production will be transferring to the West End’s Duke of York’s Theatre f…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:40AMby Kath Dunham. @kathdunham. NEW YORK, NY - The Bechdel test, originally a question of whether a work of fiction included two women who talk to each other ab...
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:37AMby Kath Dunham. @kathdunham. NEW YORK, NY - The Bechdel test, originally a question of whether a work of fiction included two women who talk to each other about something other than a man, h…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:37AMThe Tina Fey musical continues at the August Wilson Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMThe opera will return to the big screen in an adaptation from the director.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMChoreographer Tayeh breaks down the movement she built for Hurder as she dances the epic tango number.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMThe lineup includes a Christopher Lloyd-led King Lear, special performances of Susan Miller's My Left Breast, Pinter's Betrayal, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AMThe producers of Mean Girls announced today that singer, songwriter and actress Sabrina Carpenter will make her Broadway debut in the role of 'Cady Heron' beginning Tuesday, March 10th at t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AMHeadlined by such as Audra McDonald and Susan Stroman, the festival will feature a total of 5 world premieres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:22AMThe Fantasticks is best known as the longest-running stage musical in history, having played nonstop from its 1960 Off-Broadway debut until 2002, for more than 17,000 performances. Asheville…
SOURCE: ashevillestages.com at 11:18AMAcademy Award nominee Ruth Negga is currently making her American theatrical debut in a passionate, critically acclaimed portrayal of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, directed by Yael Farber an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMQuio Nguyen’s new musical opens at the Geffen Playhouse February 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMEquity has launched a new support system for members experiencing mental health issues, which includes a helpline, an individual assessment and free
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMOpera North has announced the return of the Leeds Conductors Competition, which is being held for the first time in 11 years
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMTwelve not-too-expensive Valentine's Day date ideas to do before or after that intimate romantic dinner at a restaurant.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:07AMCollapsible is a one woman monologue by Margaret Perry exploring anxiety and mental health in the face of a modern and overwhelming world.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMLast week overall box office figures increased by just under $1M. The big winner was David Byrne’s American Utopia which drew an average ticket price of $210.55. Total haul for the 7 perfo…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Last year’s recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award will stage a total of eight productions in addition to its annual New Works Festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMTony Award-winning actress Harriet Harris (Broadway's THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE and CINDERELLA, “Frasier,” “Desperate Housewives”) will star as real-world Senator Margaret Chase Smith…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMThe musical fantasy, which upends the traditional princess narrative, debuts at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMBy Mark Ludmon
The Critics' Circle Theatre Awards 2020 were held today with Come From Away, A Very Expensive Poison, Dear Evan Hansen's Sam Tutty and director Jamie Lloyd amongst the winners…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:45AMNick Winston will direct the April performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMThe Oscar-winning composer will lead the developmental programs for composers and lyricists.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMThe two Tony-nominated playwrights-turned-librettists share exclusive notated pages from the scripts of their operatic debuts as they revisit Eurydice and Intimate Apparel, respectively.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMSpring 2020 will bring new principal cast members to the Disney production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:32AMRobert O'Hara will direct the production at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:32AMRICK JENSEN: 60 YEARS IN 60 MINUTES 2/17/20 Award-Winning Singer Songwriter 8-Time MAC Award Winner, 2-Time Bistro Award Recipient Join Rick Jensen as he shares many “only in New York” s…
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 10:31AMThe world premiere, performed by the actor-playwright, opens at WP Theater February 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMTHE GREEN ROOM 42 PRESENTS THE RETURN OF “UNDIE ROCK” SENSATION THE SKIVVIES IN “A VERY SKIVVIES PRESIDENT’S DAY” WITH SPECIAL GUESTS LESLI MARGHERITA, NATHAN LEE GRAHAM, TIM HUGHE…
SOURCE: www.cabarethotspot.com at 10:25AMThe Secret Garden announces the full cast to be joining the previously announced Lucie Jones, Ramin Karimloo and Jac Yarrow. The concert-style production will be performed for just two shows…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:25AMDeath of England started life as a 10-minute micro-play commissioned by the Royal Court and the Guardian in 2014. Six years, three
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:24AMBroadway Update: Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf to Star in ‘Death of a Salesman’
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February 11, 2020: Two of the biggest names on Broadway will headline one of th…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:21AMEmbrace the universal rhythm of The Band’s Visit
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 10:20AMA new block of tickets is now on sale for JAGGED LITTLE PILL, the new hit Broadway musical playing at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 W 44th St., NYC). Tickets are now on sale through December 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AM“Unknown Soldier,” one of the last projects the beloved composer and lyricist worked on before he died, is coming to New York.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12AMOlivier Award-winning director Dominic Cooke will re-imagine the WWII-set drama.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AMThe annual gala, held at Tao Downtown February 10, honored Festival trustees Bo and Katherine Peabody.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AMBroadwayWorld reported yesterday that a production of A Streetcar Named Desire is headed to Williamstown Theatre Festival this summer, starring Audra McDonald and Bobby Cannavale. Now, Arti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMExploring her personal experiences of becoming ‘hearing’ again after 22 years of deafness, Sophie Woolley tells Giverny Masso about the challenges of
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Just last night, Second Stage Theater celebrated its annual All-Star Bowling Classic. For over 30 years, stars of stage and screen have come out to bowl in support of Second Stage's award…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:59AMThis year’s Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards were held at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London on February 11. Andrew Scott took
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:54AMThe Hadestown, Great Comet, and Lempicka helmer is heading to Hollywood.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AMTwo veterans of the Disney musical will play rejoin the company as Aladdin.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AM Unmasked: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and written with Richard Curtis opened at Paper Mill Playhouse on February 9. TheaterPizzazz’ Magda K…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:41AMYaël Farber directs the Gate Theatre Dublin production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AMBroadway alum Deborah Cox will star in the upcoming film “Carl Weber's Influence,” which will premiere Feb. 20 on BET Plus, according to Black Film.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:28AMOver the past decade, both William Grant Still and Florence Price have acquired new prominence. But the buried treasure is William Levi Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony of 1934. – Joseph Hor…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AMAn Italian of Slovenian ancestry who grew up in Trieste, pianist Roberto Magris frequently tours in Europe and the United States. Here, we see and hear him and his colleagues in the Birdland…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AMAfter making a powerful impression at last year’s Whitney Biennial with her six drawings of pie charts plotting Degrees of Deaf Rage, deaf artist Christine Sun Kim reached a much wider, mo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AMThe male choral group had been active in South Africa for two decades when Paul Simon featured them on his 1986 album Graceland — after which they shot to international fame, won five Gram…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AM“Due to officially open on February 13 with a concert by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the month-long festival was to have featured more than 120 performances of dance, music, theatre and…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AMShe had just finished recording some Beethoven, and movers were taking her piano from the Berlin studio; they dropped it while trying to lift it onto a hand truck, and the instrument’s iro…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AMRoundabout Theatre Company's just celebrated opening night of Darling Grenadine at the Black Box Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre! The new musical features book…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12AMBy Douglas Mayo
The Doctor Tour starring Juliet Stephenson will take in Richmond Theatre and Brighton Theatre Royal prior to its West End season.
This post The Doctor Tour starring Juliet St…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:10AMThere’s something irresistibly intriguing when a whimsical fairy tale is invoked to teach life lessons to adults. Theatre Lab’s The Glass Piano may have a befuddled king, a savvy servant…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:06AMDon’t say we didn’t warn you: If you purchase a ticket to the fourth and latest iteration of Miami Motel Stories, you will be put to work. You may have to repair a costume, or apply an a…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:06AMAndrew Scott, Sharon D. Clarke, Juliet Stevenson, Sam Tutty and Hammed Animashaun have won the top acting honours at the 2019 Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMUnmasked: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber has officially opened at Paper Mill Playhouse! With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and written with Richard Curtis, Unmasked will continue through Su…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMSo who were the musical theatre winners at one of the best loved events in the theatre awards calendar, the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards? Step forward the much loved West End production …
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We haven't had pizza in New York in years, but during our last trip, the craving for it hit. With tickets for Jagged Little Pill in hand, we set out for the only place we'd consider in that…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:42AM The Sixth Annual Chinese New Year Spectacular took place at Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall) on February 7, welcoming in the Year of the Rat, celebrating both American and Chinese cultures …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:37AMFormer Doctor Who star will lead revival of CP Taylor’s Good, produced by the new company Fictionhouse
David Tennant is returning to the stage in a play that tackles the question of how sa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMTwo American shows that explore adolescent anxiety have been propelled by young online communities in a digital blizzard of streams, fan art and animatics
Schoolboys hunch over laptops in th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMAinsley Melham, who starred in the original Australian production of “Aladdin,” will take over the title role on Broadway. Melham, who made his Broadway debut in the role in 2019, will…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 08:24AMBy Douglas Mayo
Full casting has been announced today for The Secret Garden in concert at the London Palladium on 4 April 2020. Book Now!
This post Full casting announced for The Secret Gard…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:14AMNot just for budding comedians, open-mic nights can be a way to help theatremakers test their writing and perform in a comfortable
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMThe pursuit of tickets has threatened to overshadow the show itself; seeing it has becomes a status symbol. But here are the reasons for its surge from experimental concept to musical theatr…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AMThe latest “Goes Wrong” show from Mischief Theatre, popular for The Play That Goes Wrong (Duchess Theatre) and The Comedy About A Bank Robbery (Criterion Theatre), Magic Goes Wrong (…
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Oscars: Winners and Best Moments, Broadway Box Office, LLT to be Karen in MEAN GIRLS, CINDERELLA movie casting, Stewart/Whitley expands, ORATORIO news, Matthew Lopez says more about INHERITA…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMBobby Cannavale and Carla Gugino will co-star, under the direction of Robert O'Hara.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:39AM“A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” at WQED’s Fred Rogers Studio, is Shakespeare’s comedic tale of love and enchantment.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:30AMThe former 'Doctor Who' star will return to London stage as the lead in CP Taylor's 'Good'
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:24AMAlready experienced in writing for the screen, Rosie Day is about to make her stage writing debut at the Old Red Lion. She talks to Joseph Shaw about the elements that went into the piece an…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:24AMDaniel Zaitchik's musical opened Off-Broadway as part of Roundabout Theatre Company's Underground programming February 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:15AMGraeae’s ensemble training programme for D/deaf and disabled theatremakers is to become an accredited course for the first time this year, with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMLewisham has been named London Borough of Culture for 2021, with Croydon to take the title in 2023, London Mayor Sadiq Khan
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMToday on Pioneer Valley Radio’s Brad Shepard Today, my review of TheaterWorks’ new production of The Lifespan of A Fact which walks the fine line between comedy and drama,. The end resul…
SOURCE: pioneervalleyradio.com at 07:09AMFrom 2007:
I just got word that another book tentatively called Hotter Than That will be published around the time that my Louis Armstrong biography of the same name will be coming out fro…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMSince receiving acclaim for playing Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Paapa Essiedu has appeared in the West End and on TV.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMHere’s LLLC’s weekly guide to some of the shows you might want to book tickets for includes The Wedding Singer at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre:, Endgame at the Old Vic and The Seagull…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM“Have been pondering over what someone said the other day: that when one is awake at 3 A.M. then one sees life, and death, as they truly are, in their stark, terrible, hopeless reality; th…
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Actor Cherrelle Skeete wept with joy when she read Temi Wilkey’s debut play, which explores queerness and homophobia in the black community
When Cherrelle Skeete read The High Table, she w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMColin Jones trained as a dancer before becoming a photographer. His pictures of Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev and Tamara Rojo are on display at the North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford, until 7 M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMPerhaps best known for her punk cabaret duo, The Dresden Dolls, for her crowd-funding expertise, her mesmerising videos, or even her recent world-first public performance at the Mona Foma fe…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:30AMI can’t put it off any longer, so buckle up: today we’re going to talk about designer fees. In the interest of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe Christmas decorations are back in the garage. Dry January is a distant memory and 2020 may already feel old and stained.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMBy Devika Ranjan. Devika Ranjan talks about the ways in which migration can influence performance structures, what she has identified as “migratory dramaturgy.”
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David Jeffery, a rising star who has been part of the Toronto and touring companies of Dear Evan Hansen, takes over the role of Connor Murphy in the Broadway production beginning on February…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18AMSix-time Tony winner Audra McDonald will headline a new mounting of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire this summer at Williamstown Theatre Festival. McDonald will play Blanche DuBo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18AMThe President and CEO will provide aspirational leadership, champion a positive culture, and inspire Overture Center’s exemplary programs, services, and operations.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03AMNew York, March 16-17; Los Angeles, April 14-15; Toronto, July 20-21. Rocket Boost Your Marketing and Fundraising Into the Next Decade and Beyond! Sign up by Feb. 29 and bring 2 colleagues f…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03AMCincinnati Opera is seeking a Director of Marketing whose job it will be to achieve revenue targets in ticket sales, expand and diversify the audience, and build brand awareness.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03AMOften at City Center's signature series, I find myself time traveling…"Well, I saw the original production…"It was inevitable that I would utter those words at City Center's En…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMThe world-premiere comedy, directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, kicks off February 11 at the Signature Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaywright Stef Smith flips the script on Henrik Ibsen’s most famous character.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLyndsey Turner directs Tony nominee Jessica Hynes in the London revival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe limited run will officially open February 24 at the Playroom Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDeirdre O’Connell reprises her performance in the new documentary play from the Tony-nominated writer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMargaret Colin, Frank Wood, Ilana Levine, Anna Itty, and more star in the Lynne Meadow-helmed premiere from MTC.
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